EFL give Bury final warning and confirm they could boot crisis club out of League One in next 48 hours

THE EFL have given Bury a final chance to save themselves from oblivion - and warned the League One club they will not back out of throwing them out the league.

League bosses say owner Steve Dale is still not close to providing guarantees he can bankroll the club for the season before Friday's deadline for proof of funds.

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The EFL are prepared to kick Bury out of League One with time running out for owner Steve DaleCredit: PA:Empics Sport

And in a desperate last attempt to shake Dale into action, they have doubled down on their threat to expel them from the professional game.

A statement said: "The EFL Board continues to be frustrated at the lack of significant progress that has been made by Mr Dale in providing the information required.

"However, we will continue to work with the current ownership in an attempt to achieve a resolution ahead of the Notice of Withdrawal deadline of Friday 23 August.

"It remains in regular communication with Mr Dale but if a solution is not found by the deadline, the Board will authorise the necessary share transfer on behalf of Bury FC which shall be legally binding on all parties and result, regretfully, in the Club no longer being a member of the League.

"Should this happen, Bury’s record from the 2019/20 season would be expunged with League One consisting of 23 Clubs for the remainder of the campaign and the number of relegation places reduced to three at the conclusion of 2019/20 season.

"Four promotion places would remain from League Two ensuring a full complement of 24 teams in League One in 2020/21.